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With the 2018 World’s Loudest Month Festival dates announced last month, lineup announcements have been pouring in on a constant basis. Hailed as South Florida’s biggest rock experience, Monster Energy Fort Rock will be returning to South Florida for its 6th year. This year will see the festival move across “Alligator Alley” from Fort Myers, […]

In 2017 the city that never sleeps added a new festival to its monstrous list of events already held yearly. Las Vegas hosted the first annual Las Rageous Music Festival at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center to a sellout crowd of 10,000 people a day. Being advertised as an intimate outdoor festival, they are […]

In Las Vegas, there’s always something going on. You can walk down the street, and get comped to almost any show, at any casino on the “Strip.” People are always coming up with new ways of entertaining the masses. The Downtown Las Vegas Events Center decided this was the year to have the inaugural Las […]

Today, the lineup for the third incarnation of Kentucky’s Louder than Life Festival was announced. Like many of the other regional festivals that have been announced in the last month or so, the lineup splits the difference between metal and hard rock, with many of the biggest names in both. Slipknot, Disturbed, Korn, Slayer and Avenged […]

In 2007 Rock on the Range was brought to life, when 35,000 “Rangers” sold out Columbus Crew Stadium for its inaugural event. With just 14 bands on the original lineup, a new Rock/Metal festival was born. Fast forward to 2016, which marked the 10th anniversary for Rock on the Range, and over 120,000 people […]

In the wake of Mayhem Fest’s demise, the rock festival, long popular in Europe, seems to really be taking off. In addition to the Chicago Open Air, Houston Open Air and combination Ozzfest and Knotfest, more and more new and larger festivals seem to be popping up, and AEG Live announced another one yesterday, Denver’s […]

This past weekend, the 6th annual Carolina Rebellion took place at Rock City Campground at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, NC. With more than 90,000 in attendance, this newly-expanded three day festival set another record as a part of World’s Loudest Month. When the gates opened early Friday morning, the line of “Rebels” stretched […]

Fresh off the heels of its seventh sold-out voyage, Shiprocked 2017 has officially been announced. Setting sail January 16th 2017, the Carnival Victory will see its 4 day voyage depart Miami, and head to Grand Turk in the Turks & Caicos Islands. The band lineup, yet to be announced, will be coming in the near […]

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Rocklahoma has been announced for this May 27, 28 & 29 at “Catch The Fever” Festival Grounds, in Pryor, Oklahoma. America’s Biggest Memorial Day Weekend Party will feature some of the best current rock artists and classic bands, as well as onsite camping and VIP packages. The lineup, will see Rocklahoma first-timers Scorpions, […]

We’re approaching two full months into 2015, and we’ve yet to hear a lot about the annual North American touring festivals like The Mayhem Festival and The Uproar Festival. Ultimately, it’s still anybody’s guess what bands will be booked on the various bills. But in a recent interview with In The Now Magazine, Hellyeah guitarist Tom […]

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Today saw the daily lineup of Rock On The Range announced to the masses. Taking place this upcoming May 18th, 19th, and 20th, at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, Ohio this year’s festival will host nearly 60 bands over 3 stages led by Tool, Avenged Sevenfold and Alice In Chains. The daily lineup as of today […]

L.A. prog rock outfit Sifting has announced that they will be direct support for the eight East Coast dates of the Sons of Apollo tour. Guitarist Richard Garcia expresses his excitement for the upcoming tour: “It’s a huge honor to tour with Sons of Apollo. We’ve been listening to the music these guys have been […]

Lima, Peru blackened death metal band Two Face Sinner have signed with Extreme Management Group, who also manager Cryptopsy, Suffocation, Misery Index and more. The band are currently working on a new album.

KISS have announced they will be performing three shows in Spain, Barcelona rock festival in Catalonia on July 7th, the Wizink Centre in Barcelona on July 8th and the Resurrection festival in Vivero on July 14th. Resurrection Fest stated on their website that they are “hugely proud to announce that one of the biggest rock bands […]

On September 24th, Vicky Cornell will receive a human rights award from LA Chefs for Human Rights at a fundraising dinner. His award will be for “The Promise,” the song he wrote for the film of the same name about the Armenian Genocide. You can read more about that here.